Click here for updated LATEST Benicia Election Results as of Nov. 16. (Numbers shown below are as first reported on election night.)
The Solano County Registrar of Voters issued a day’s end report at 4:17pm today, showing that all Benicia races remain as they were on election night.
Mayor Elizabeth Patterson‘s lead increased by another 33 votes after today’s counting. Her margin of victory over challenger Mark Hughes has increased from 109 votes early on Wednesday morning, to 266 as of Monday evening Nov 14. Hughes phoned Mayor Patterson on Wednesday to concede the election.
City Councilmember-elect Steve Young‘s lead over Tom Campbell decreased by 28 today and his lead over Christina Strawbridge increased by 7. Young remains the top vote-getter, now by a margin of 227 votes over Campbell and 717 votes over Strawbridge. Traditionally in Benicia, the Council candidate with the most votes becomes Vice Mayor until the next election cycle. Congratulations, Vice-mayor-elect Young!
Solano County Supervisor-elect Monica Brown also extended her lead over Mike Ioakimedes – by 790 votes, increasing her margin of victory to nearly 2900 votes (17,016 Brown to 14,148 Ioakimedes).
Here is a table showing Benicia details, taken from Steve Young’s website:
City Council (top two are elected)
| Candidate | Total votes | Vote % | Election day | Vote by mail |
| Steve Young | 6340 | 26.73 | 2022 | 4318 |
| Tom Campbell | 6113 | 25.78 | 1788 | 4325 |
| Christina Strawbridge | 5623 | 23.71 | 1604 | 4019 |
| Lionel Largaespada | 3862 | 16.29 | 1233 | 2629 |
| George Oakes | 1689 | 7.12 | 565 | 1124 |
| Write-in | 88 | 0.37 | 33 | 55 |
| Over Votes | 16 | 2 | 14 | |
| Under Votes | 5659 | 2121 | 3538 |
Mayor
| Candidate | Total votes | Vote % | Election day | Vote by mail |
| Elizabeth Patterson | 7083 | 50.79 | 2216 | 4867 |
| Mark Hughes | 6817 | 48.88 | 2202 | 4615 |
| Write In | 45 | 0.32 | 15 | 30 |
| Over Votes | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Under Votes | 749 | 250 | 499 |
The County website shows additional as yet uncounted ballots: Vote-by-Mail est. 1,375, and Provisionals est. 12,464. A chart shows that Benicia has 756 provisional ballots to be counted. We will keep you posted on further updates
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